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For Denis Alexander, faith led to fifteen years in universities in the Middle East. Here he explains why he took...
The story of Darrel Falk's childhood and Christian upbringing. He describes the reasons why he questioned...
Francis Collins grew up on a small farm in rural Virginia. He was homeschooled until he was twelve, and...
A collection of 15 interviews with Christians who are, or have been, scientists.
Peter Harrison tells us why he began to study the history of science, and how he...
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Francis Collins, Former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute atthe National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Dr David Wilkinson tells us how he became interested in physics, how his faith related to...
Darrel Falk tells the story of his coming back to faith and the events leading up to that.
Francis Collins' parents were not Christians when he was growing up. His father was a professor of drama, his...
Physicist, Priest, and Knight of the Realm John Polkinghorne talks about what led...
Colin Russell - Chemist and historian of science
Ard Louis describes his idyllic childhood in rural Africa with his friends and his pet chimpanzee...
Books that tell the life stories of Christians who have worked in Science.
Real Scientists Real Faith is a collection of stories written by senior scientists, telling how their Christian...
Darrel Falk talks about his experience of finding a church which would be his community, accept him, and encourage...
Having never been familiar with faith, when he went to university Francis Collins slipped into agnosticism, then...
This ‘song’ is a weaving together of different stories: autobiographical, ecological, and ethical.
Martin Bott - Geologist
Ard Louis had to do some hard thinking when he was an undergraduate at Utrecht, and again as...
Francis Collins changed paths and went to medical school, where he encountered genetics for the first time. He...
Roy Peacock - Engineer
Death makes us realize that we will not live forever, and what we believe really does matter.
An academic career can go in unexpected directions. But for Ian Hutchinson, his faith certainly was a strong...
John Houghton - Meteorologist
Prof. Sir John Houghton, former co-chair of the Scientific Assessment...
Talking to a terminally ill patient at her bedside made Francis Collins begin to think more carefully about his...
Ian Hutchinson talks about how his faith has influenced him in other areas of his career: the main one being...
Ghillean Prance - Botanist
Francis Collins argues that the 'Moral Law' poses difficult questions for atheism, but makes sense to Christians...
When Rosalind Picard was younger, she assumed religion was for emotionally or intellectually stunted people. The...
Ian Hutchinson explains how his faith gives him a sense of awe and wonder about the world.
Robert Boyd - Space Scientist
Simon Conway Morris describes how he came to the Christian faith, and why he has rejected materialism.
While in the Cascade Mountains in a break from medical school, Francis Collins had a moment of extreme clarity...
Andrew Miller - Molecular Biologist
G.K. Chesterton is important because he was a fascinating and intelligent essayist, novelist, and philosopher, a...
Francis Collins describes how he sees doubt as an important element of faith.
There are many intellectual objections to faith, but they can be dealt with. The biggest issue is perhaps the way...
Duncan Vere - Physician
Francis Collins reflects on the personal costs of talking about science and faith in the public eye. Some don't believe...
Colin Humphreys - Materials Scientist
A story about a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy and how that relates to religious...
A lot of Christian hymns use references to the created world. Here Deborah Haarsma tells how her scientific...
Elizabeth Rhodes - Chemical Engineer
Are we just an evolutionary accident, or is there a purpose to life? Bill Newsome describes how his Christian faith...
Roger Bolton - Industrial Chemist
There is a passage in the Bible (Job 38 & 39) where God addresses a man, challenging him on his...
Malcolm Jeeves - Psychologist
Monty Barker - Psychiatrist
Ray Gambell - Conservation Biologist
Astronomer Jennifer Wiseman shares her experiences of finding support from other scientists in the church...
Sam Berry - Evolutionary Biologist
Biologist and Christian Denis Alexander shares the feelings of awe and wonder he had when he made...
Peter Harrison describes his journey from teaching science to becoming a professor...
Peter Harrison, after some initial doubt, says he would like to be like Johannes Kepler.